Archive for the ‘Brooklyn’ Category

Drawing Desk in Warwick, New York. “This is an aluminum table that is a throw-back to my mom’s catering business. I sometimes paint at this desk as well. The rotary phone in the photo still works.” Drawing Desk in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. “This is actually a painting studio but sometimes I draw on this desk. The […]

FROM YOUR DESKS: What time of day do you work? ADRIAN TOMINE: Whenever my one-year-old daughter is either asleep or out of the house. I used to waste a lot of time “getting ready to work” or “warming up” or “waiting for inspiration to strike.” Now I feel like a runner at the starting line: […]

Studio vs Home: “I think one of the biggest pluses of working for yourself is being able to work in different locations. While I love my studio, I like that when I want to marathon some bad television and get through a tedious project, I can stay at home, drink some tea and hang out […]

“As you can see, I like an ordered and spare, but not sterile, space. I can OCD-up a desk like nobody’s business, arranging the position of a stapler or my stationery until they are just so, but I also like color and texture. My desk at our new food52 office near Union Square is all […]

“My desk is in my apartment in Brooklyn, New York. It’s also my dinner table so I try to keep it clean. It helps to end they day by putting my stuff away and clearing it off. Refresh. I work mainly with brush pens and tracing paper. So aside from redrawing my drawings/type over and […]

“Here’s my work desk at home and a sketch I did of me at my desk. The supplies on my desk are pretty bare bones, just some Pitt and Micron pens for inking comics, an ancient PC that I do all my photoshop work on and a newer Mac that I do everything else on. […]

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About Kate

Kate Donnelly is a writer, cultural enthusiast and photographer. She worked in the New York film world for ten years (@ New Line Cinema and Revolution Studios). Earlier stints include the American Film Institute, Clinton-Gore White House, and the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City.She contributes to DailyCandy, Fathomand interviewed Alexander Payne for The Believer. She sailed down the Amazon River in 2000 and recently traveled to Barcelona, Argentina and Uruguay. She doesn't know how to properly dive into a swimming pool but still tries. One day, she will surf.